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Collection of “ Masterpieces” 


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CHARLES DICKENS 


A Child’s 
Dream of a Star 

With numerous original 
illustrations by 

ELIZABETH S. TUCKER 



NEW YORK 

Fkederick A. Stokes Company 

PUBLISHERS 




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Copyright , 1894 , by 
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a Star. 


There was once a child, and 
he strolled about a good deal, 
and thought of a number of 
things. He had a sister, who 
was a child too, and his con- 
stant companion. These two 
used to wonder all day long. 
They wondered at the beauty of 
the flowers ; they wondered at 
the height and blueness of the 




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sky ; they wondered at the depth 
of the 

bright J 

w a ter; 
they won- 
dered at 
the good- 
ness and 
the pow- 
er of God 
who made 
the lovely 
world 


THE BUDS ARE THE 
CHILDREN OF THE 
FLOWERS. 


They used to say to one an- 
other sometimes, “ Supposing all 
the children upon earth were to 



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A CHILD’S DKE.\M uF A SIAK. 



die, would the flowers, and the 
water and the sky be sorry ? ” 
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believed 
they 

would 
be sorry. 

“ For,’ 

they, “the buds 
are the children 
of the flowers, 
and the little 
playful 
streams that „ 
gambol down 
the hill-sides 
are the chil- 
dren of the 
water ; and the smallest bright 






THE LITTLE PLAYFUL 
STREAMS THAT GAMBOL 
DOWN THE HILLSIDES. 





































and-seek in 
the sky all night, must surely 
be the children of the stars ; 
and they would all be grieved 
to see their playmates, the 
children of men, no more.” 

There was one clear, 
shining star that used to 
come out in the sky before 
the rest, near the church 
spire, above the graves. 






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A CHILD S DREAM OF A STAR. 


It was larger and more beautiful, 
they thought, than all the others, 
and every night they watched for 
it, standing hand in hand at a 
window. Whoever saw it first 
cried out, “ I see the star ! ” And 
often they cried out both together, 
knowing so well when it would 
rise, and where. So they grew 
to be such friends- with it, that, 
before lying down in their beds, 
they always looked out once again 
to bid it good-night ; and when 
they were turning round to sleep, 
they used to say, “ God bless the 
star ! ” 

But while she was still very 
young, oh very, very young, the 



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a child’s dream of a star. 


sister drooped, and came to be 
so very weak that she could no 
longer stand in the window at 
night ; and 
then the child 
looked sadly 
out by himself 
and when he 
saw the star, 
turned round 
and said to 
the patient 
the child looked pale face on 

SADLY OUT BY 

himself. the bed, “ I 

see the star ! ” and then a smile 
would come upon the face, and a 
little weak voice used to say, “God 
bless my brother and the star ! " 




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a child’s dream of a star. 


And so the time came, all too 
soon ! when the child looked out 
alone, and when there was no 
face on the bed ; and when there 
was a little grave among the 
graves, not there before ; and 
when the star made long rays 
down toward him, as he saw it 
through his tears. 

Now, these rays were so bright, 
and they seemed to make such a 
shining way from earth to Heaven, 
that when the child went to his 
solitary bed, he dreamed about 
the star ; and dreamed that, lying 
where he was, he saw a train of 
people taken up that sparkling 
road by angels. And the star, 






a child’s dream of a star. 


opening, showed him a great 
world of light, where many more 
such angels waited to receive 
them. 

All these angels who were 
waiting turned their beaming eyes 
upon the people who were carried 
up into the star ; and some came 
out from the long rows in which 
they stood, and fell upon the 
people’s necks and kissed them 
tenderly, and went away with 
them down avenues of light, and 
were so happy in their company 
that, lying in his bed, he wept 
for joy. 

But there were many angels 
who did not go with them, and 









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among- them one he knew. The 
patient face that once had lain 
upon the bed was glorified and 
radiant, but his heart found out 
his sister among all the host. 

His sister’s angel lingered near 
the entrance of the star, and said 
to the leader among those who 
had brought the people thither : 

“ Is my brother come? ” 

And he said, “ No.” 

She was turning hopefully 
away, when the child stretched 
out his arms and cried, “ O, 
sister, I am here ! Take me ! ” 
And then she turned her beam- 
ing eyes upon him, and it was 
night ; and the star was shining 



a child's dream of a star. 


in the room, making long rays 
down toward him as he saw it 
through his tears. 



THERE WAS A BABY BORN TO BE A 
BROTHER TO THE CHILD. 


From that hour forth, the child 
looked out upon the star as on 
the home he was to go to when 



A CHILD S DREAM OF A STAR. 


his time should come ; and he 
thought that he did not belong 
to the earth alone, but to the star 
too, because of his sister’s angel 
gone before. 

There was a baby born to be 
a brother to the child, and while 
he was so little that he never had 
spoken a word, he stretched his 
tiny form out on his bed, and died. 

Again the child dreamed of 
the open star, and of the com- 
pany of angels, and the train of 
people, and the rows of angels 
with their beaming eyes all turned 
upon those people’s faces. 

Said his sister’s angel to the 
leader : 




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A child’s dream of a star. 


“ Is my brother come ? ” 

And he said, “ Not that one, 
but another.” 

As the child beheld his brother’s 
angel in her arms, he cried, “ O, 
sister, I am here! Take me!” 
And she turned and smiled 
upon him, and the star was shin- 
ing. 

He grew to be a young man, 
and was busy at his books, when 
an old servant came to him and 
said : 

“ Thy mother is no more. I 
bring her blessing on her darl- 
ing son ! ” 

Again at night he saw the star 
and all that former company. 












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A CHILD S DREAM OK A STAR. 


Said his sister’s angel to the 
leader : 

“ Is my brother come ? ” 

And he said, “ Thy mother ! ” 
A mighty cry of joy went forth 
through all the star, because the 
mother was reunited to her two 
children. And he stretched out 
his arms and cried, “ O, mother, 
sister, and brother, I am here ! 
Take me ! ” And they answered 
him, “ Not yet,” and the star was 
shining. 

He grew to be a man, whose 
hair was turning gray, and he 
was sitting in his chair by his 
fire-side, heavy with grief, and 
with his face bedewed with tears, 



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a child's dream of a star. 



Said his sister’s angel to the 
leader : “ Is my brother come ? ” 


when the star opened once 
again. 


HE WAS SITTING IN HIS CHAIR BY HIS 
FIRE-SIDE, HEAVY WITH GRIEF. 








a child’s dream of a star. 



And he said, “ Nay, but his 
maiden daughter.” 


And the 
man who 
had been 
the child «, 
saw his 
daughter, 
newly lost 
to him, a 
celestial 
creature 
among 
those three, 

and he HJS maiden daughter. 

said, “ My daughter’s head is 
on my sister’s bosom, and her 
arm is round my mother’s neck. 



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a child’s dream of a star. 


and at her feet there is the baby 
of old time, and I can bear 
the parting from her, God be 
praised ! ” 

And the star was shining. 

Thus the child came to be an 
old man, and his once smooth 
face was wrinkled, and his steps 
were slow and feeble, and his 
back was bent. And one night, 
as he lay upon his bed, his chil- 
dren standing round, he cried, as 
he had cried so long ago : 

“ I see the star ! ” 

They whispered one another, 
“ He is dying.” 

And he said, “ I am. My age 
is falling from me like a garment. 



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A CHILD S DREAM OF A STAR. 


and I move toward the star as a 
child. And O, my Father, now I 
thank Thee that it has so often 
opened to receive those dear ones 
who await me ! ” 

And the star was shining, and 
it shines upon his grave. 



COLLECTION OF MASTER- 
PIECES. 

This Collection of certain of the most 
successful and best-loved works by vari- 
ous authors has been entered upon by its 
publishers with the intention of making 
it as exquisite and perfect in form as 
possible. Each volume contains a large 
number of original illustrations by well- 
known artists, made especially for the 
Collection, and printed with the utmost 
care. 

The typographical details are some- 
what in the best modern French style, 
and the paper is of the highest grade, 
and has been manufactured especially 
for this Collection, which is issued in a 
variety of beautiful bindings, to corre- 
spond with the dainty interiors of the 
books. 

The following volumes are ready, each 
of which can be had in either of the 
bindings described: 

Masterpieces of Prose and Verse. 

“ Selections from Point Lace and Dia- 
monds.” Baker. Illustrated by C. 
M oo re -Slit ith . 


“A Child’s Dream of a Star.” Dick- 
ens. Illustrated by Elizabeth S. 
Tucker. 

“The Day Dream.” Tennyson. Illus- 
trated by IV. St. John Harper. 

“ Evangeline.” Longfellow. Illus- 
trated by Charles Howard Johnson. 

“ Thanatopsis.” Bryant. Illustrated 
by Corwin Knapp Linson. 

“ Songs of Seven.” Ingelow. Illus- 
trated by Kirk Este. 

“Violet” binding’, with backs of can- 
vas, richly ornamented in gold, and with 
outer sides illuminated with design of 
purple violets, with gold background. 
Gilt top. In a box. 

Per volume, .... 75 cents. 

Full dull brown cloth, or full white 
cloth, with artistic ornamentation in 
gold. Gilt top. In a box. 

Per volume, .... 75 cents. 

Half calf. Gilt top. In a box. 

Per volume, .... $1.50. 

Limp calf. Red-under-gold edges. 

In a box. 

Per volume, .... $2.00. 

Other volumes in preparation. 


Specimen Pages, 

Evangeline. ” Long- 
fellow. 


Collection of “ Masterpieces 










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HUNTING FOR FURS IN THE FORESTS, 


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EVANt.fc.LlNE. 



Silenced, but not convinced, when the 
story was ended, the blacksmith 
Stood like a man who fain would 
speak, but findeth no language ; 

And all his thoughts congealed into lines 
on his face, as the vapors 
Freeze in fantastic shapes on the win- 
dow-panes in the winter. 

Then Evangeline lighted the brazen 
lamp on the table. 


“ WKOTE WITH A STEADY HAND.” 



HOLDING ALOFT IN HIS HANDS, WITH ITS SEALS, 
THE ROYAL COMMISSION . " 


74 


E VA N G E LI N E. 


Over the watery floor, and beneath the 
reverberant branches ; 

But not a voice replied ; no answer came 
from the darkness ; 

And, w T hen the echoes had ceased, like a 
sense of pain was the silence. 

Then Evangeline slept ; but the boatmen 
rowed through the midnight, 

Silent at times, then singing familiar 
Canadian boat-songs, 



“water-lilies in myriads.’’ 


Such as they sang of old on their own 
Acadian rivers, 

And through the night were heard the 
mysterious sounds of the desert. 

Far off, indistinct, as of wave or wind in 
the forest, 


Specimen Pages, 

“The Day Dream.” 
Tennyson. 

Collection of “ Master pieces'* 
























































THE DAY-DREAM. 


III. 


‘ O eyes long laid in happy 
sleep ! ’ 

‘ O happy sleep, that lightly 
fled !’ 



“ AND o’er THEM MANY A FLOWING RANGE 
OF VAPOR BUOY’D THE CRESCENT-BARK.” 


‘ O happy kiss, that woke thy 
sleep ! ’ 

‘ O love, thy kiss would wake 
the dead ! ’ 


S3 







THE DAY-DREAM. 


Each baron at the banquet sleeps, 
Grave faces gather’d in a ring. 



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Specimen Pages, 


Songs of Seven.” In- 
gelow. 


Collection of “ Masterpieces 








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BUT I LL LOVE HIM MORE, MORE THAN e’er WIFE 
LOVED BEFORE, BE THE DAYS DARK OR BRIGHT. 7 ’ 




BY THE SYCAMORE 
PASSED HE, AND THROUGH 
THE WHITE CLOVER. 


SONGS OF SEVEN. 


IV. 

A song of a nest : — 
There was once a nest in a 
hollow : 



*’ I PRAY YOU HEAR MY SONG OF A NEST, 
FOR IT IS NOT LONG.” 

Down in the mosses and knot- 
grass pressed, 

Soft and warm, and full to the 
brim — 


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SONGS OF SEVEN. 



O VEI.VET BEE, YOU KE A DL'STY FELLOW.’ 


O velvet bee, you’re a dusty fel- 
low, 

You’ve powdered your legs 
with gold ! 

O brave marsh marybuds, rich 
and yellow, 

Give me your money to hold ! 

O columbine, open your folded 
wrapper, 

Where two twin turtle-doves 
dwell ! 


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Specimen Pages, 


“ Selections from Point 
Lace and Diamonds.” 
Baker. 


Collection of “ Masterpieces 






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we two took: ro SSESSION of the stairs.” 

— Papre 8 . 


20 FROM “ POINT LACK AND DIAMONDS.” 



” HER FACE IS SAINT-LIKE ” 


That briglit young creature kneel- 
ing there 

With every feeling, every thought 

Absorbed in high and holy dreams 
Of — new Spring dresses, truth to 
say 

To them the time is sanctified 

From Shrove-tide until Easter 






Ut I, HELENA, TAKE THEE — LOVE — CHER- 
ISH — AND ’ — WELL, I CAN'T HELP 
IT, — ‘ OBEY/ M 


CHIVALRIE. 


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“ HER FATHER’S VOICE CAME THROUGH THE 
WOOD, HE'D MADE A FORTUNE 
TANNING LEATHER.’’ 


Above, the heavens aglow with 
light, 

Beneath our feet the sleeping 
ocean, 

E’en as the sky my hope was bright, 
Deep as the sea was my devotion. 

Her father’s voice came through 
the wood, 

He’d made a fortune tanning 
leather ; 

I was his clerk ; I thought it good 
To keep on talking about the 
weather. 


A LEGEND OF ST. VALENTINE. 


73 


Quite a heavy piece of work. 

So when I had got them done — 
Why I thought them much too good 
Just to waste that way on one. 
Jack, I told you, didn’t I, 

All about that black-eyed girl 
Up in Stratford — last July — 

Oh ! you know ; you saw her curl ? 
Well, old fellow, she's the one 
That this row is all about, 

For I sent her — who’d have thought 
Maud would ever find it out — 
Those same verses, word for word — 
Hang it, man! you needn’t roar — 
‘ Splendid joke ! ” well, so I 
thought — 

No, don’t think so any more. 
Yesterday, you know it rained, 

I’d been up late — at a ball — 
Didn’t know what else to do — 
Went up and made Maud a call. 
Found some other girl there, too, 
They were playing a duet. 

“ Fred, my cousin, Nelly Deane,” — 



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44 ‘SPLENDID JOKE ! ’ WELL, SO I THOUGHT— 
NO, DON’t THINK SO ANY MORE,” 







Specimen Pages, 


“ Tlianatopsis.” 
ant. 


Bry- 


Collection of “ Masterpieces 











THAN ATOP51S. 


Nor in the embrace of ocean, 
shall exist 

Thy image. Earth, that nour- 
ished thee, shall claim 
Thy growth, to be resolved to 
earth again, 



44 THE SLUGGISH CLOD, WHICH THE RUDE 
SWAIN TURNS WITH HIS SHARE, AND 
TREADS UPON.” 

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THANATOPSIS. 


Of ages glide away, the sons of 


men, 

The youth in life’s green spring, 
and he who noes 

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In the full 
strength of 
years, mat- 
r o n and 
maid, 

And the sweet 
babe, and 
the gray- 
headed 


“ WHEN THV SUMMONS 
COMES.” 


man — 


Shall one by one 
be gathered to thy side, 


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than a t opsis. 


Like one who wraps the draper) 
of his couch 



About him, and lies down to 
pleasant dreams. 


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